St. Cloud man faces two felony drug charges

A St. Cloud man was charged this week on two felony drug counts, according to a Stearns County criminal complaint.

Justin Michael Ginter, 31, was one of 11 people arrested last week in a series of drug busts by the Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force. Ginter was charged with one count of second-degree sale of narcotics and one count of first-degree aiding and abetting the sale of narcotics.

The charges stem from two incidents, one in September and one in January.

In September, the complaint said, Ginter is suspected of helping two other suspects sell three bags of methamphetamine to an informant who worked for the task force and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The sale occurred in Sartell and involved 23 grams of methamphetamine.

In January, authorities say an informant went to a north St. Cloud residence and purchased 15 grams of methamphetamine, allegedly from Ginter.